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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2016-02-28 14:34:45 UTC
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
 
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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "askpass-fifo">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2016-02-28">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
 
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%common;
 
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]>
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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  <refentryinfo>
 
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
 
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
 
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    <authorgroup>
 
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      <author>
 
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
 
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
 
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        <address>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
 
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        </address>
 
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      </author>
 
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      <author>
 
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
 
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
 
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        <address>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
 
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        </address>
 
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      </author>
 
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    </authorgroup>
 
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    <copyright>
 
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      <year>2008</year>
 
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      <year>2009</year>
 
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      <year>2010</year>
 
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      <year>2011</year>
 
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      <year>2012</year>
 
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      <year>2013</year>
 
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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</year>
 
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      <year>2016</year>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
 
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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    </copyright>
 
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    <xi:include href="../legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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  </refentryinfo>
 
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  <refmeta>
 
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
 
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
 
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  </refmeta>
 
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  <refnamediv>
 
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
 
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    <refpurpose>Mandos plugin to get a password from a
 
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    FIFO.</refpurpose>
 
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  </refnamediv>
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
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  <refsect1 id="description">
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program reads a password from a <acronym>FIFO</acronym> and
 
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      outputs it to standard output.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
 
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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application
 
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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a
 
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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a
 
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program is meant to be imitate a feature of the
 
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      <command>askpass</command> program, so that programs written to
 
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      interface with it can keep working under the
 
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      <application>Mandos</application> system.
 
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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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  <refsect1 id="options">
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program takes no options.
 
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
 
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      If exit status is 0, the output from the program is the password
 
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      as it was read.  Otherwise, if exit status is other than 0, the
 
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      program was interrupted or encountered an error, and any output
 
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      so far could be corrupt and/or truncated, and should therefore
 
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      be ignored.
 
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    </para>
 
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  <refsect1 id="files">
 
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    <title>FILES</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><filename>/lib/cryptsetup/passfifo</filename></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            This is the <acronym>FIFO</acronym> where this program
 
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            will read the password.  If it does not exist, it will be
 
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            created.
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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    </variablelist>
 
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  <refsect1 id="example">
 
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      Note that normally, this program will not be invoked directly,
 
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      but instead started by the Mandos <citerefentry><refentrytitle
 
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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry>.
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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      <para>
 
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        This program takes no options.
 
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      <para>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
 
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      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum
 
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      >8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and will, when run
 
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      standalone, outside, in a normal environment, immediately output
 
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      on its standard output any presumably secret password it just
 
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      (which should never normally be done), take care not to type in
 
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      any real secret password by force of habit, since it would then
 
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fifo</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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